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J. M. STUKES. QUILTING FRAME.

No. 453,350. Patented June 2, 1891.

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JOHN MARION STUKES, OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS.

QUILTING-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 453,350, dated June 2, 1891.

Application filed January 16, 1891- Serial No. 378,039. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MARION STUKEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Marcos, in the county of Hays and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Quilting-Frames; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in quilting-frames; and

a simple, cheap, and durable quilting-frame which shall occupy the minimum of room and which can be used either with or without a sewingmachine. Several lines can be quilted without having to roll the quilt. The frame is suspended from above, preferably upon a Wire or cord, and so arranged that it may be moved in any direction desired.

Other objects and advantages of theinvention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which is showna perspective view of my improved frame in:

operative position.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a wire or cord stretched across the room and held taut in any desired manner, being preferably in two parts detachably held at the center, as shown at a, so as to allow of the frame being put up or taken down without disturbing the end fastenings of the wire.

B are pulleys designed to. travel on this wire and provided with depending ears at right angles to the ears in which the said pulleys or rollers are journaled, and in which are journaled the sheaves I), over which the cords U are designed to work, the said cords being designed to be detachably connected with the end pieces of the quilting-frame, as seen in the drawings. The manner of connecting them in the present instance consists of the hooks c, which are held in the end pieces D of the frame, the cords being proposition is readily changed.

vided with enlargements d, which may be formed by knotting the cords or by means of balls or other devices sleeved or otherwise held thereon. These enlargements are arranged at distances apart, so thatby chang ing the same the frame may be held higher or lower, as may be desired. By slipping the cord so that the portion between the enlargements can be slipped out from the hook the These cords are also provided with other enlargements e, which serve to limit the movement of the said cords through or over the pulleys b, as clear] y shown in the drawings. The frame thus supported or suspended maybe moved along the wire A-in either direction, the said wire being inclined, if desired. The frame may also have movement at right angles to its travel along the wire by reason of the arrangement of the cords G, as above explained.

The end piecesDof the frame are provided near one end with an elongated slot f, in which the ends of the bar E are designed to work. .Holes g are made vertically through the portions of the end pieces above and below the slot, and through these holes are designed to pass the removable pins h, which are designed to hold the barEin its adjusted position. The said bar is rectangular, except at the ends, which are round and work in the said slots, so that thebar may be turned when it is desired to roll up the portion of the quilt which has been quilted. The ends of the bar are provided with holes 1', which extend through the bar,holes being arranged at right angles to each other, as seen in dotted lines at the right of the drawings, so that'the bar may be given a half-turn and there held.

F is a bar held in the opposite ends of the end pieces of the frame and held in its adjusted position by the pins j, as shown. One end of the quilt is to be secured to this bar and the other end to the bar E, so that as it is unrolled from one it will be wound upon the other. he end pieces are provided with holes 7c for the reception of the cords G, which are employed to stretch the quilt in the usual manner. To keep the quilt from wrinkling in the other direction I provide a stretcherbar H, which is designed to be placed over the quilt parallel with the bars E and F, as shown, and the ends of the said stretcher-bar then placed in the curved depressions Zin the under faces of the end pieces, as shown, one or more of these being provided in order to allow the stretcher-bar being placed nearer to or farther,fr0m the bar F, according to whether'thequilt is much Wound on said bar or little. The stretcher-bar may sometimes be placed in the openings min the end pieces and held from rotation by pins designed to be placed in the openings at in the said end pieces'and go through holes in the bar.

The operation is apparent and will be readily understood. The device is suspended in the manner shown and above described, and as one or more lines are quilted either by hand or machine the quilted portion will be What I claim as new is 1. The combination, with the frame and the suspension-pulleys, of the cords, one at each end of the frame and arranged over sheaves carried by said pulleys and having enlargements, and the hooks on the end bars of the frame and, through which the cords pass, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with the frame, the end pieces of which are provided with curved depressions upon their under faces, of the removable stretcher-bar, the ends of which are adapted to engage said depressions, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN MARION STUKES.

Witnesses:

C. W. ANDREWS, ,T. W. ALLEN. 

